Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-01-07


Litchfeld and King of Enfield. All these
gentlemen can talk well, and there are others
who will be able to make themselves uader-
stood.
About twenty thousand people are annu-
ally destroyed in India by animals, and of
these nineteen in twenty are said to be bitten
by snakes. The number of human victims
tends to increase, in spite of the fact that the
number of wild beasts and snakes destroyed
has doubled in the last ten years, and that
the government reward paid for their exter-
mination has risen proportionately. Nearly
~ lakhs of rupees (sbout $125, ,00O were
thus paid in 1884. Next to venomous rep
tiles, tigers claim the most victims. Ten
years ago wolves, mostly in the northwest
provinces and Oudh, killed five times as
many people as of late years; but the exter-
mination of wolves seems to be going on rap
idly. Leopards are the alleged cause of
death to about two hundred human beings
annually. Apart from the loss of human life
the returns show an annual destruction of
fifty thousand head of cattle.
It is not all .tpie' for Editor Grady in the
southern press. Thus the Mobile Register
can't imagine what Grady could have been
thinking of when he said what he did about
Abraham Lincoln. 1t comedies that the first
Republican President had ststrong traits of
character and great gentleness of heart, . but,
s'in his whole presidential career says the
Register, eve fail to see any evidence OF
greatness - eve may be sure, says the
Register, "that when the world looks for the
type of an American gentleman 1t will pause
longer before the portrait of Lee than before
that of any of his contemporaries. AS for
admitting that the South was wrong in seces-
sion and what followed secession, the Ala
bama newspaper fatty refuses to do anything
of the kind. "We are glad" it says, "that
the war terminated in restored Union, we
do not regret the abolition of slavery; but as
to the right and wrong, history and future
generations must determine that, and we of
the South have no idea of making the ac-
knowiedgment that is required of us.'
The treatment of the labor question by
Mayor O. OBrien of Boston is in strong contrast
with the course of Governor Hill. An at
tempt was made in Boston last year to en-
force an eight-hour law in the city depart
ments, and Mayor O'Brien says that he
vetoed the city councils order because it
was impracticable and could not be lawfully
established. Moreover, the change was not
asked for by any mechanics or laborers con-
nected with the departments, and he knew
that some of the prime movers in the matter
were not sincere, but 'tmerely wished to OBJ
tain standing with the workmen, and then
trade off their votes to the highest bidder in
the State and city election" The outspoken
mayor also has the following refreshing re-
marks to make: When the agents of ward and
city committees act upon the principle that
call is fair in politics" and employ unscrupu-
lous men to deceive workmen, appeal to their
prejudices, and pay money to obtain their
votes and influence. such committees encour-
age the meanest specimens Of humanity that
exist among us-men who are a disgrace to
any party. That the workmen have been de-
eeived and sold out by professional labor
tramps, who have no legitimate business, has
been quite evident, and until labor organiza-
tions stamp out such men it will be great
drawback to their success. 1t is surprising
that men of responsibility will be party to
such work, and yet it is certain that their
money has been used for such purposes.